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Largely because they hid off flavors of rancidity and the early stages of spoilage of foods that were still otherwise edible.
Spices were also used in embalming.
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What were early trade items from Asia and Europe?
Spices, tools, food items, cattle, and medicine were early trade items.
Which luxury items dominated 14th century global trade routes?
Spices
What did vasco da gama bring to India to trade?
Cheap items like caps and bells, to trade for Indian spices and silk.
What did they buy in the silk road?
THEY WOULD BUY AN TRADE SPICES GLASS FOOD SILK AND OTHER ITEMS
Why did Europe want to trade with Asia?
They did not have items such as chinesesilk,spices such as cinamon,tea,gold,beautiful clothing.
What information influenced Christopher Columbus to sail westward in an attempt to find China or India?
Christopher wanted to find a trade route to Asia. So he can trade items to get the spices Asia had. The spices helped preserve food.
What trade items did Europe want from China?
Primarily spices; being light, one traveler could carry a fortune's worth of spices. Later on, tea became quite popular.
What items found in China became valuable to foreign traders?
Various spices. Ginger was among one of them. Back then, spices were rare and sold for a fair bit. It was easy to trade, so it was seen as valuable.
What does Japan trade?
They trade silk and spices
What did Britain trade back to India?
Britain traded pots, pans, metals, guns and other similar items for silks, and spices from india.
Why does Morocco smell like spices?
Spices are used quite commonly in Moroccan cooking and so are plentiful. Additionally, spices are used to disguise less desirable scents.
What items did the Egyptians trade for?
they traded for iron weopons and tools and ivory and gold and incense
